Bev's BaseCamp for the application of Learning and Instructional System Design and Development. New Technologies and old ones will be explored for their use in training,learning,and educational settings.
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Open Source Graphics Editing/Design Programs
Open Source Graphics Editing/Design Programs
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/10-excellent-open-source-and-free-alternatives-to-photoshop/
Cnet- can download the former google sketchup here.
http://download.cnet.com/mac/graphic-design-software/3150-2016_4-0.html?filter=licenseName=Free
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html
Inkscape website with tutorials/doc
http://inkscape.org/
Serif Starter products
http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?tag=pfindersrch&searchtype=downloads&query=serif&filter=platform=Windows|&filterName=platform=Windows|
misc list including Scribus and Gimp
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/07/45-best-freeware-design-programs/
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/08/40_best_open_source_graphic_programs/
Mac Freeware
http://www.marcofolio.net/features/top_15_free_mac_apps_for_graphic_designers.html
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/10-excellent-open-source-and-free-alternatives-to-photoshop/
Cnet- can download the former google sketchup here.
http://download.cnet.com/mac/graphic-design-software/3150-2016_4-0.html?filter=licenseName=Free
Open Office
http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html
Inkscape website with tutorials/doc
http://inkscape.org/
Serif Starter products
http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?tag=pfindersrch&searchtype=downloads&query=serif&filter=platform=Windows|&filterName=platform=Windows|
misc list including Scribus and Gimp
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/07/45-best-freeware-design-programs/
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/08/40_best_open_source_graphic_programs/
Mac Freeware
http://www.marcofolio.net/features/top_15_free_mac_apps_for_graphic_designers.html
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Zaid has a bunch of taxonomies that put modern tools/apps into a proposed use based on the level of Bloom.
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.fr/2012/10/a-juicy-collection-of-blooms-digital.html
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.fr/2012/10/a-juicy-collection-of-blooms-digital.html
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Writing an
Ebook
Table of Contents
This is a work in progress but I wanted to get it started. Each chapter will become a separate post when finished.
Digital formatted
book that may include audio, text and multimedia with links to websites if the reader has browser capability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book
Ebook Primer Educause
- Text-
- Audio-
Audio books or "books on cd" have been around for a long time, but the audio books most related to mobile learning are those designed for reader users who have a problem with print. The Daisy format has been designed for those users and stands for "Digital Accessible Information System" or Digital Talking Book.The books are based upon the Daisy Standards and will support both text to speech and Braille output content in a mixed media approach for various readers and tablets.Available Daisy formatted books can be found here as well as other sites listed on the Daisy site. Bookshare offers them free for qualifying students.- Bookshare
- Project Gutenberg
- L'Association pour le Bien des Aveugles et malvoyants in Switzerland
- Vision Austalia's Information Library Service in Australia
- CINB Digital Library in Canada
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) in the United States
- National Braille Press
- O'Reilly eBooks
The ASB has some public domain books that you can download and use with a public reader.
Epub 2(current) and 3(coming) standard
CBZ, CBR, CBC,
CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB,
RTF, TCR, TXT , Amazon, Bnoble, other proprietarial
http://bookworm.oreilly.com/
online epub reader
Ultimately, an ePub file is merely
a zip file consisting of XHTML and XML metadata, so it is possible to
create one "by hand" yourself. A good tutorial for this can
be found at http://www.jedisaber.com/eBooks/tutorial.asp.
Style guide
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52
Style and hints
http://www.authorhouse.com/AuthorResources/default.aspx
Validating files
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2011/08/15/lessons-learned-about-enhanced-or-multimedia-epub-ebook-validation/
CreateSpace- Tools
https://www.createspace.com/
https://www.createspace.com/en/community/community/resources/formatting_your_files?view=all
https://www.createspace.com/en/community/community/resources/creating_content?view=all
- Feedbooks (http://feedbooks.com/share/): You can log into Feedbooks and create your own content, which will be made available in ePub, as well as other formats like PDF and Kindle.
- ePub Tools (http://code.google.com/p/epub-tools): Command-line tools suitable for batch processing and integration into toolchains. Includes tools for conversion from Word, RTF, DocBook, TEI, and FictionBook.
- Rome?- multimedia output? convertible?
- eScape - ePub Creator (http://www.infogridpacific.com/igp/AZARDI/eScape%20-ODT2ePub) -
- eCub (http://www.juliansmart.com/ecub) - "a simple to use EPUB and MobiPocket ebook creator"
- Sigil (http://code.google.com/p/sigil/) - Multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor. It is designed to edit books in ePub format.
- Mobipocket Creater http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp?Language=EN
- Plucker HTML accumulator http://www.plkr.org/download
- yWriter This is a free novel-writing application that you can use to write your next story.- breaks your novel into chapters and scenes For PC.
- Edupub http://edu.epubbud.com/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lePPFxPfacoeWozRzzI006s0kNsvTaq2wH1DBj1qsRc/edit
- Wordpress Blog to epub plugin http://anthologize.org/
- FlatWorld http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/
- Web page to ebook http://dotepub.com/
cloud
- Amazon- https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin
- Lulu http://www.lulu.com/publish/ebooks/ has epub converter
- http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/
- Twitter resources http://www.publishyourownebooks.com/twitter-hashtags-for-ebook-publishers/
- Smashwords-http://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_on_smashwords
- Flexbook http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/
- http://futureofthebook.blogspot.com/p/links.html
- Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com): a free tool for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux that allows you to convert to ePub from a wide variety of formats.
- Adobe InDesign (http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/)
- BookGlutton API (http://www.bookglutton.com/api): If you have your book in HTML format, you can convert it into ePub using their online conversion API
- ePub Tools (http://code.google.com/p/epub-tools): Command-line tools suitable for batch processing and integration into toolchains. Includes tools for conversion from Word, RTF, DocBook, TEI, and FictionBook.
- eCub (http://www.juliansmart.com/ecub) - EPUB and MobiPocket
- DNAML's PDF2EPUB (http://www.pdftoepub.com/) - Convert PDFs to EPUBs in 6 easy steps. The nice thing about this software is that it can handle headers and footers which are often challenging when converting PDFs.
- ODFToEPub (http://www.pincette.biz/odftoepub/) - An OpenOffice extension that lets you save a document as an ePub.
- ePub2Go (free, web-based converter)
- Zamzar (free, web-based converter)
- ePubBud (free, web-based converter)
- Pages (commercial, Mac only)
http://www.armandmorin.com/ebook/-
commercial- exe format
- Android reader Comparison
- Aldiko http://www.aldiko.com/
- Firefox plug in
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/epubreader/
- Mobipocket
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp?Language=EN
- KOBO http://www.kobobooks.com/
- Adobe http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/
- Kindle apps
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=ms_sbrspot_5?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771&pf_rd_p=1259190242&pf_rd_s=center-22&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0015T963C&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=07H3AGZEQCWKMGD5W1XG
- Sony http://ebookstore.sony.com/download/
- plucker http://www.plkr.org/download
http://www.plkr.org/download/windows
FlexBook
http://www.ck12.org/about/about-us
Memory Aids -
Action planning forms
Checklist
Notes
Possible inclusion of Qr
JIT instructions
Link Resources
Reference/documentation
Self contained modules
Chapter 10
Free Ebooks
- http://www.freetechbooks.com/ computer science/math
Free Audio Books
- Project
Gutenburg They also have audio
books, both human-read and computer-generated.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Types of Video Use
Different video/types/technology
Remember that most of the video we are talking about here is not exclusively visual, but also includes an auditory componenet.
Remember that most of the video we are talking about here is not exclusively visual, but also includes an auditory componenet.
- 2-way videoconferencing
- Satellite (1-way videoconf.)
- Desktop videoconferencing
- Web-based resources (w/plug-ins) pc accessible
- Software formats such as fla, wmv
- Chats webcams- telephony
- Streaming video
- Video disc/CD/DVD
- Vcr/camera playback
- Mobile video- ebooks
- Gaming videos
- Video textbooks-
- Podcasting video-
- Smart phones /tablet with presentationapps
- Smart phones/tablets used as recorders
- Lecture capture/recordings-
- Scripted and filmed video-
- Student Led Broadcasts- equipment?
- SIP Trunking
- White board recordings
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